Hood or cabinet for bottled gas systems



July 11, 1939. 5, DOUBLE 2,166,043

1-1001) OR CABINET FOR BOTTLED GAS SYSTEMS Filed May 51, 1938 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented July 11, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOOD OR CABINET FOR BOTTLED GAS SYSTEMS Howard E. Double, Bradford, Pa.

Application May 31, 1938, Serial No. 211,099

3 Claims. (Cl. 312-412) This invention relates to hoods or cabinets for as the upper ends of the gas containers indibottled gas systems and has for the primary obcated by the character 3. The back plate I has ject the provision or a device of this character f m d h r n vert l fl n 4 arran ed at which will efficiently protect a regulating quipright angles to the back 'plate which are rein- 5 ment of a gas system located exteriorly of a forced at their upper ends by being constructed 5 consumer's house and is composed of a regulator, f oubl i kn as wn at T pp cylinder connections, safety relief valve, cylinder ends of the flang 4 a apertured to ece valves, etc., against weather elements and being bolts 5 acting as es o sec 0 he back tampered with by unauthorized persons and which plate a cover I. The upper edge of the back plate is economical to manufacture, easy and quick to is bent angularly, as shown at 8, and extends install and when open will permit the gas coninto the cover 1. The portion 8 0f the plate I tainers or bottles to be conveniently changed for p s toward e W Of the building 011 w c others and necessary adjustments of the valves t e ba p ate i mounted and the p p of to be made. which is to drain moisture and water towards with these and other objects in view, this inthe i in and p v nt the ame from fl win vention consists in certain novel features of condown Over the outer face o the back p te w struction, combination and arrangement of parts in the cover. to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. The cover I consists of an arcuately curved For a complete understanding of my invention, Wall 9 and end Walls of Segmental p reference is to be had to the following descrip- The ver I w n n a closed p ition brin 20 tion and accompanying drawing, in which the end walls to lie within the flanges 4 of the Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating a k pl n e of said flan e h n p nhood or cabinet shown associated with gas com ing A d O O the end Walls has a esp tainers and constructed in accordance with my 8 Opening adapted to align wit t e Ope A invention, which openings are for the purpose of receiving 25 Figure2lsaside elevation illustrating the same. a padl ck II r s m other imilar f tenin Figure 3 is a bottom plan view illustrating the m ns for se urin the cover from being swun hood or cabinet. upwardly into an open position for exposing the Figure 4 is an end elevation, partly in section, regulating equipmen and the upper ends of the and drawn on an enlarged scale showing in the as containers. By referring to h r win it 30 hood or cabinet the means to prevent tampering will be seen that when the cover is in a closed with the equipment. position it completely overlies the back plate,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional sequently covering the equipment Carried view showing the hinging of the hood on a, back thereby and also extends well downwardly over plate. the upper ends of the gas containers. The wall 35 Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 9 of the cover being arcuately curved readily of Figure 5. sheds water, snow and the like and will prevent Figure '7 is a perspective view illustrating the the positioning f l s th r on. back plate. A prop I2 is pivoted on the cover 1, as shown 40 Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral at l3, and has a forked end H. The forked end 40 I indicates a back plate having a series of openof the prop I2 may be brought into engagement ings 2, some of which receive fasteners for sewith some part of the regulating equipment on curing the back plate to a vertical wall of a buildthe back plate when desiring to support the cover ing and exteriorly of the latter, the other openin an open position. The cover when in the ings being employed for mounting gas regulatlatter-named position clearly exposes the latter- 45 ing equipment on the plate. This gas regulating named equipment for adjustment and for the equipment is not shown and forms no part of removal and replacement of gas containers on the present invention and is composed of pipes, the equipment.

a regulator, cylinder connections, a safety relief' From the foregoing description it will be seen valve and cylinder valves. All of this equipment that a device of the character described and 50 under law must be arranged exteriorly of a dwellshown in the drawing consists of a minimum ing and protected against weather elements and number oi. parts all of which can be easily manfrom being tampered with. The present invenuractured and assembled, consequently reducing tion of which the back plate forms a part efl'ecthe cost of installation of such a device on a tively protects the regulating equipment as well dwelling. Further, it will be seen that this de- 55 vice will eiliciently protect the regulating equipment as well as its connections with the gas containers and as the gas containers are con-=- nected with the equipment they cannot be removed by an unauthorized person nor can the equipment be tampered with.

Secured to the inner face of the wall 8 of the cover is a semi-circular shaped plate IS, the purpose of which is to extend partly between the gas containers adjacent the lower edge of the cover closing the space between the cover and the containers preventing an unauthorized person from reaching up under the cover and tampering with the equipment.

What is claimed is:

1. A cabinet for bottled gas systems comprising a plate having a relatively fiat surface mountable on a wall of a building and formed with openings for receiving gas regulating equipment mounted thereon, a cover hinged on said plate to overlie and enclose the gas regulating equipment and upper portions of gas containers connected with said equipment, means for locking the cover to the plate and a prop hinged substantially centrally of said cover and having a forked end to engage with the equipment for supporting the cover in a raised position to expose the equipment and its connections with the gas containers, and a guard plate secured on the inner face of the cover to extend partly between the gas containers and cooperate therewith in preventing unauthorized tampering with the equipment when the cover is in a closed position.

2. A hood fOr bottled gas systems comprising a back plate having a relatively flat surface mountable on the exterior of a building and formed with openings for receiving gas regulating equipment mounted thereon, vertical flanges formed on said plate and projecting above the upper edge thereof, a cover hinged on the upper ends of the flanges to normally occupy a position to overlie the equipment and upper ends of gas containers connected with said equipment and including an arcuately curved wall and segmental-shaped end walls integral with the arouateiy curved wall, and a flange formed on the upper edge of the plate and inclined upwardly and outwardly therefrom to extend within the cover at the hinged end thereof, and a prop carried by the cover to engage the equipment for supporting the cover in an open position.

3. A hood for bottled gas systems comprising a back plate having a relatively flat surface mountable on the exterior of a building and formed with openings for receiving gas regulating equipment mounted thereon, vertical flanges formed on said plate and projecting above the upper edge thereof, a cover hinged on the upper ends of the flanges to normally occupy a position to overlie the equipmentand upper ends of gas containers connected with said equipment and including an arcuately curved wall and segmental-shaped end walls integral with the arouately curved wall, a flange formed on the upper edge of the plate and inclined upwardly and outwardly therefrom to extend within the cover at the hinged end thereof, a prop carried by the cover to engage the equipment for supporting the cover in an open position, and a semi-circular shaped plate secured on the inner face of the arcuately curved wall of the cover to extend partly between the gas containers.

HOWARD E. DOUBLE. 

